Soundguy
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- Mar 11, 2002
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- RK 55HC,ym1700, NH7610S, Ford 8N, 2N, NAA, 660, 850 x2, 541, 950, 941D, 951, 2000, 3000, 4000, 4600, 5000, 740, IH 'C' 'H', CUB, John Deere 'B', allis 'G', case VAC
I've asked this at both of the stores local to me now, as I'm trying to line up implements I want to buy when I get my tractor in a few weeks.
The most important one is a front bale spear.
I have looked at the slide on and bolt thru style where you have to drill your bucket, but frankly, they don't instill me with confidence and I forsee bending a bucket AND drilling a hole in it.. which just doesn't sound great on a brand new tractor.
I see the buckets are some sort of quick attach. a lip at the top and pin slots at the bottom on the bucket, with a corresponding ledge at the top of the loader mount, and 2 spring loaded pins at the lower left and right that are released by hand levers.
All my tractors are old, no QA.. so I'm not sure if this QA implementation is some sort of standard, or varies by manufacturer.
I talked to the tractor people at both my local stores.. got the same blank stare I get at lowes or home depot when i walk in and ask for a 1/2" solvent union... ( that doesn't instill me with confidence I must say, since one of these stores will be my 'warranty service' location I assume ). neither store could tell me anything about the standard used or the implementation of the QA on their loaders.
I called a John deer dealer.. for instance.. he said they have their own QA for JD machines, and also there is a type called 'global', and then there is the skid steer type.
One of the stores had a skid steer pallet fork, and it looked real similar to the bucket style the RK tractor used... ( lip at top, and 2 pin slots on the bottom ).
Can anyone shed some light on this? What QA do the RK loaders have? The store people don't know. I waited all yesterday for the tractor guy at the leesburg store to call me back after he would 'research' it.. never got a call. Ocala store just shrugged and suggested I order my own loader spear online from tarter gate.. ( WTF?? )
Thanks
The most important one is a front bale spear.
I have looked at the slide on and bolt thru style where you have to drill your bucket, but frankly, they don't instill me with confidence and I forsee bending a bucket AND drilling a hole in it.. which just doesn't sound great on a brand new tractor.
I see the buckets are some sort of quick attach. a lip at the top and pin slots at the bottom on the bucket, with a corresponding ledge at the top of the loader mount, and 2 spring loaded pins at the lower left and right that are released by hand levers.
All my tractors are old, no QA.. so I'm not sure if this QA implementation is some sort of standard, or varies by manufacturer.
I talked to the tractor people at both my local stores.. got the same blank stare I get at lowes or home depot when i walk in and ask for a 1/2" solvent union... ( that doesn't instill me with confidence I must say, since one of these stores will be my 'warranty service' location I assume ). neither store could tell me anything about the standard used or the implementation of the QA on their loaders.
I called a John deer dealer.. for instance.. he said they have their own QA for JD machines, and also there is a type called 'global', and then there is the skid steer type.
One of the stores had a skid steer pallet fork, and it looked real similar to the bucket style the RK tractor used... ( lip at top, and 2 pin slots on the bottom ).
Can anyone shed some light on this? What QA do the RK loaders have? The store people don't know. I waited all yesterday for the tractor guy at the leesburg store to call me back after he would 'research' it.. never got a call. Ocala store just shrugged and suggested I order my own loader spear online from tarter gate.. ( WTF?? )
Thanks